Statistics from Comparisons with RAOB stations, Arctic and Antarctic
| Satellite/location |
Speed Bias |
Speed RMS |
Direction Bias |
Vector Bias |
Total number of tests |
| MODIS NESDIS (bent-pipe) |
-0.685 |
5.065 |
-0.744 |
7.035 |
24064.0 |
| MODIS CIMSS (bent-pipe) |
-0.594 |
4.826 |
-0.302 |
6.804 |
73789.0 |
| MODIS Mixed Satellite |
N/A* |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
| MODIS Direct Broadcast |
-0.513 |
5.422 |
1.127 |
8.461 |
33059.0 |
| AVHRR GAC |
-1.281 |
5.007 |
-0.673 |
7.030 |
540417.0 |
| AVHRR HRPT |
-0.481 |
4.209 |
-1.913 |
5.933 |
6341.0 |
| MetOp AVHRR |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
*Statistics are not yet available for mixed-satellite MODIS winds or MetOp AVHRR.